Travel Blog: Posts by Raul Barreneche

The latest must-see attraction in Paris floats like a cloud of glass above the treetops of the Bois de Boulogne. The Fondation Louis Vuitton, devoted to contemporary arts and culture from France and beyond and supported by the luxury fashion con...

Art
New York City
"Cubism: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection," at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, celebrates the gift of an unparalleled collection of works by Picasso, Braque, Juan Gris, and Fernand Léger, each of whom propelled Modernism in u...

Architects Tadao Ando and Annabelle Selldorf reinvent the Clark Art Institute, in the Berkshires.
How do you turn a museum inside out? That was the question the Clark Art Institute, in Williamstown, Massachusetts, asked as it embarked on a ma...

A masterpiece of 20th-century architecture just got a new neighbor. The stark concrete-and-travertine forms of Fort Worth’s 1972 Kimbell Art Museum—designed by Louis Kahn and famous for skylit vaults that diffuse the silvery Texas light—has been...

Thanks to dramatic transformations, these five world-class museums are casting a whole new light on their collections.
Amsterdam: After a 10-year renovation, a grand atrium now greets visitors to the Rijksmuseum (pictured). More than 8,000 obje...

Spectacular art and design share the spotlight at these new additions to the culture map.
Philadelphia: Barnes FoundationWith its stunning new campus downtown, the Barnes—known for shaking up the way art is understood with its provocative arran...

No, a UFO hasn’t landed on Houston’s Rice University campus—it’s the latest Skyspace from artist James Turrell. Named the Suzanne Deal Booth Centennial Pavilion (for a Rice alumna and Turrell’s former assistant), the ethereal installation frames...

The 68-acre MIA Park (Corniche; 974/4422-4444) adjoins the I. M. Pei–designed Museum of Islamic Art. Set on the city’s seaside promenade, the sculpture plaza will host film screenings and art workshops, but its true claim to fame? Richard Serra’...

The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum has just unveiled its Renzo Piano–designed, copper-clad wing, which includes a jewel-box music hall and galleries dedicated to works by artists in residence. A glass-enclosed walkway leads to the original buil...

Located in a picturesque village on the Côte d’Azur, the Musée Jean Cocteau (2 Quai Monléon; 33-4/89-81-52-50) is home to the world’s largest assemblage of artwork by the multifaceted avant-garde créateur. The surrealist structure’s jagged concr...